Six Perfections is to miss Sunday's Group One Prix d'Astarte at Deauville so she can be saved for the Prix Jacques Le Marois on August 15, a race she won last year.

The Niarchos family's racing manager Alan Cooper said yesterday they would run Denebola in Sunday's contest, in which last year's Prix Marcel Boussac winner will take on older fillies including Nebraska Tornado.

Denebola has appeared just twice this season, finishing third in the Prix de la Grotte before falling ill. She reappeared after a long absence in a Listed race at Deauville earlier this month, finishing second.

"She ran a nice comeback race and will give a good account of herself on Sunday," said Cooper.

He added that star three-year-old colt Bago, already twice a Group One winner this term, is in perfect fettle for his tilt at the International Stakes at York next month.

"He is still on course and developing nicely," he said.

ANSAR became the first horse since Knight Errant in the late 1950s to win the two big jump races at the Galway Festival by adding yesterday's Hewlett-Packard Galway Plate to his Galway Hurdle win of three years ago.

David Casey had the eight-year-old gelding (10-1) close up on the inner throughout and struck the front after the last before holding on gamely on the long run-in to beat gallant top-weight Risk Accessor by a length.

Manjoe was also prominent for all the two and three-quarter miles before finishing half a length further back in third, while successful trainer Dermot Weld also saddled Direct Bearing to stay on strongly for fourth.

"Ansar was a bit novicey when fifth in this race last year, and he has been trained since with this race in mind," said Weld, recording his third Plate win after Kiichi (1990) and General Idea ('93).

"David went the long way round on him last year and I wasn't too happy. He asked me for the ride again on Irish Derby day and I said of course, but this time you will go the short way round. He rode a brilliant race."

The Plate was the highlight of a superb four-timer on the day for Weld.

RAKTI was yesterday reported in good form ahead of his next assignment in the Group One Juddmonte International Stakes at York on August 17.

Michael Jarvis has given the horse a break since his disappointing run in the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown, in which he adopted his usual headstrong running style before fading out of contention.

That effort was in stark contrast to his run in the the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, where he also pulled very hard but was still a brilliant winner.

Jarvis said: "I have been pleased with him and I think he has enjoyed a little break. I don't know why he disappointed in the Eclipse and I hope he can return to the level of his Ascot win when he runs at York."

PETER Chapple-Hyam is planning to elevate his star two-year-old Captain Hurricane into Group One company for his next outing.

The Newmarket trainer is keen to run his colt, winner of the Group Two July Stakes on his latest outing, in the Prix Morny at Deauville next month (August 22).

"He's been working well, has done well and will definitely go for the Morny next," Chapple-Hyam said yesterday.

After being narrowly touched off on his first two starts, the son of Desert Style finally got his head in front at Headquarters when coming with a storming late run to beat Council Member by a short-head.

amie Moore was taken to hospital after suffering a crashing fall at Newton Abbot yesterday.

The rider was hurt when the Martin Pipe-trained Isard III came to grief early on in the Letty Jeffery Japanese Novices' Chase.

He was attended to on the ground by paramedics, but had regained consciousness in the weighing room and was talking before going for precautionary checks.

There was better news for Richard Johnson, who claimed a short-priced treble courtesy of Tresor Preziniere, Xellance and Frontier.

LET THE LION ROAR is to put his St Leger credentials on the line at York next month.

The John Dunlop-trained colt, whose half-brother Millenary won the Doncaster Classic in 2000, was pulled out of Tuesday's ABN Amro Stakes at Goodwood.

Dunlop said: "The reason he didn't run was entirely down to the ground and I am hoping we get some rain before York.

"I would like him to run in the Great Voltigeur Stakes there as a stepping stone to the St Leger."

Let The Lion Roar was a fast-finishing third to North Light in the Vodafone Derby, but disappointed on his last run when fading into fifth in the Irish equivalent, won by Grey Swallow.

He is 6-1 favourite with Coral for the final Classic.

THE disciplinary hearing into the running of the Alan Berry-trained Hillside Girl at Carlisle last year will not resume for nearly seven weeks.

Originally, the hearing was scheduled to last for three days this week.

The third and supposedly final session was yesterday, but the weight of evidence means proceedings cannot be completed within the allotted time.

Given that complication, the earliest date that could be arranged for the hearing to be completed is September 14.

A statement issued by the Jockey Club said: "After sitting late into the evening on the first two days and hearing evidence from over 20 witnesses, the disciplinary panel considered it would be impossible to hear the remaining evidence and reach a decision within the three days allocated.

"It therefore considered it would be in the interests of all concerned to adjourn the enquiry to Tuesday, September 14, when it will hear closing submissions."

Jewett returns to the saddle at Musselburgh tonight when he partners Berry's Peter's Imp in the Famous Grouse Handicap.

IRELAND will stage an extra eight fixtures next year to take the overall figure to 313.